+ Finance
Department
of Finance
201 Business Administration, 419-372-2520
Purpose
Finance is a discipline dealing with the allocation
of funds within an organization and the acquisition
of funds to meet its current and future needs.
The finance specialization is designed for
students who are interested in financial management
as it relates to both financial and non-financial
firms. Areas of emphasis included within the
finance specialization are business financial
analysis and management, investment analysis
and management, financial markets and institutions
management, risk analysis and management,
and personal financial planning. Career opportunities
associated with the finance specialization
include, but are not restricted to, the following:
cash management, credit management, financial
analysis, capital budgeting, investment analysis,
securities analysis, portfolio management,
securities brokering, commercial lending and
loan management, retail bank management, risk
management, insurance company operations and
management, and personal financial planning
and management.
BSBA
general degree requirements
Students completing the finance specialization
must complete University,
general
degree, admission
course, and business
core requirements for the BSBA degree,
including admission
to the BSBA program.
Finance
specialization requirements (21 hours)
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Finance specialization students take seven
courses (21 credit hours).
- Grade
of "C" or better in each prerequisite
finance course for all 400-level finance
courses
- FIN
340, 350, 435
- Four
courses from: FIN
410, 412, 420, 445, 455; ACCT
321, 341, 422, 444, with at least one course
being a finance course
Concentration
in financial planning
The concentration in financial planning is
designed to provide students with an academic
and professional level of education in the
field of financial planning and prepare them
to advise individual investors on insurance,
investments, tax, retirement, and estate planning.
The financial planning concentration requires
students to complete the following seven courses
(21 credit hours): FIN
340, 350, 412, 420, 435; ACCT
341, 444.
Upon
successful completion of the concentration,
students will meet the educational requirements
of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)
Board of Standards and be eligible to sit
for the CFP® certification examination,
offered several times each year by the CFP®
Board of Standards. Successful completion
of the CFP® exam, along with meeting other
CFP® Board of Standards requirements,
is necessary to receive the CFP® designation.
